A Second Republic Lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, has warned that any arrest of Arewa youths over the quit notice to Igbos living in the North, would lead to wanton killings and destructions in the the region, ahead of October 1.
The Northern Elder, made this shocking statement during a chat with Saturday PUNCH .
He slammed the Federal Government for being selective and bias in the handling of the threats from the Southern and Northern regions of the country.
He said: “The threat to arrest the youths in my opinion, is not only counter-productive, but also inappropriate.
“This is because ideally, with the position of things, every Nigerian has the right to live and conduct their businesses in any part of the country.
“But the Federal Government left their toes behind, when they allowed the IPOB, which is being financed by the Igbo political and business elites, both in the country and in the Diaspora, to be issuing statements freely.
“Therefore, any attempt to arrest Arewa youths will lead to problems. I am resident in Kano State, and the last time the Kaduna State Government brought up the issue of arrest , there would have been violence, if an attempt to arrest anybody by the Police had been made.”
